(The Daily Star)- Egyptian security officials say militants have attacked the same army checkpoint in Sinai where 12 soldiers were killed earlier this month, this time leaving one soldier dead. They say the attack on Bir el-Abd took place Monday. It's about 80 kilometers, or 50 miles, east...

(The Guardian)- Britain is hosting crisis talks with Libya’s leaders in London on Monday in an attempt to ward off the collapse of the country’s war-torn economy. Leaders of the embattled UN-backed government are meeting in a US-led initiative, hosted by the UK Foreign Office, as...

For years, trains ferried millions of dollars in phosphate past Nouredine Ezzidine's Tunisian town, where young men like him idle their days in cafes over cigarettes and coffee, desperate for work. After seven years with no job, the mechanics graduate had had enough. He joined protesters who...

 Four Egyptian soldiers have been killed in the Sinai Peninsula, where the local branch of ISIS regularly attacks security forces, the army said on Sunday. The troops were killed during operations around El-Arish, close to the border with the Gaza Strip, army spokesman Brigadier General...